Alabama Political News
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The nation's state leaders in government finance heard 'the Alabama Story' from Auditor Andrew Sorrell.

The public is invited to a free event Tuesday May 6 at Mobile's Cottage Hill Baptist Church. It's a forum of candidates for the open seat of Mayor of Mobile.

Early this week, two candidates took to social media to show their intentions to seek the Republican nomination for State Senate District 34 (SD34) in 2026.

State Sen. Josh Carnley is recovering after hip surgery. He was injured in the Alabama v. Mississippi legislative softball game and taken to Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery.

The Alabama House of Representatives approved several bills on Thursday, directing over $12 billion in state funding and supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund

Pike Road mayoral candidate Mark Spurlin called a recent decision by the Pike Road Town Council to pass an ordinance pausing gas station construction for one year “posturing during election year.”

On Wednesday, the House Commerce and Small Business Standing committee advanced legislation by State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) to activate the adult content filter on all electronic devices used by minors.

The Alabama Legislature dropped a high-scoring affair Wednesday to their Mississippi counterparts 16-11 at Riverwalk Stadium in the second edition of their Battle of Tombigbee match-up.

Members of the Senate passed K-12 off-campus religious instruction legislation on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) is boasting of increased support for his comprehensive legislation to combat influence by the Chinese Communist Party.

Social-emotional learning programs have been growing in popularity in public schools since the COVID-19 pandemic, but critics argue they’re really a Trojan horse to smuggle in woke ideologies. That’s why State Rep. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) has introduced legislation to ban SEL programs and training, similar to Alabama’s ban on DEI and other divisive concepts.

George McMillan, former Lt. Governor and state legislator, died Friday.

On Wednesday, Republican candidate for House District 11 Heath Allbright voiced "strong opposition" to legislation allowing the annexation of community development districts.

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) applauded President Donald Trump for announcing plans to strip federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) due to its “lengthy history of anti-conservative bias.”

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) tore into Democrats on Wednesday over U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen's (D-Md.) trip to El Salvador to bring back suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was recently deported.

Rebecca Watson of Moms for Liberty will nspeak April 17 to South Mobile GOP Women and the public.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate engaged in a brief bout of gamesmanship on Tuesday, with both bodies refusing to pass one another’s bills in a legislative donnybrook that started in the Senate.

A public forum of candidates for the open seat of Mayor of Mobile will be held on Tuesday, hosted by West Mobile Eagle Forum.

Last week, Fallin announced that he had signed the Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, vowing never to raise taxes if elected.

From chemtrails and book bans to transgender athletes and anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses, Republican candidates for House District 11, Don Fallin and Heath Allbright, addressed a bevy of hot-button issues at a forum Tuesday, less than five weeks before the special election primary.

Ex-police chief Paul Prine and ex-district judge Spiro Cheriogotis presented their campaigns for mayor to West Mobile Republican Women. April 9.

Concern over that bill in its original form was sparked by “bad propaganda,” according to Heath Allbright, who is running as a Republican in the special election for House District 11.

27-year-old Trump supporter Derek Chen of Vestavia announced his candidacy for State Auditor, an open seat in 2026.

Local builder and entrepreneur, Mark Spurlin, has announced his candidacy on Tuesday for Mayor of Pike Road in the 2025 Municipal Election.

Gambling and the lottery may be dead for the 2025 regular session, but it's likely an issue current and future lawmakers will have to contend with again. In the past two public events, GOP candidates for House District 11 Heath Allbright and Don Fallin strongly opposed expanding gambling and adding a state lottery.

The Alabama Republican Assembly is holding an open meeting on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Rotunda at the American Village in Montevallo to discuss and plan for Alabama’s upcoming 2025 and 2026 elections.

Former Alabama workforce official Lori Frazier Beaden has been appointed by President Trump to top workforce development post.